Issue Two

December 2003

From the Editor

Wow. Hard to believe, but the day has finally come for our second issue to go online. Many were the times that I wished that we’d named this magazine SmokeLong Monthly, or even SmokeLong Weekly. At long last, publication day has arrived, and our archive of stories has burgeoned from seventeen to thirty-five stories. Whew!… Continue reading Issue Two

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The Natural Order Barbara Jacksha(Read author interview)
View From a Flying Jimmy Tammy Turner(Read author interview)
ISO Bret Fetzer(Read author interview)
Magic Yeast Louisa Howerow(Read author interview)
Must Sign for Delivery Jade Walker(Read author interview)
Memoirs of a Jump Rope Queen Margaret A. Frey(Read author interview)
Nolo Contendere Sean Oakley(Read author interview)
Campfire Conversation Lennart Lundh(Read author interview)
Snap Shot Peggy Duffy(Read author interview)
Fear Rose McDonagh(Read author interview)
Because of Penguins Jane Sales(Read author interview)
With Love, Moon Eugenia E. Gratto(Read author interview)
Private Services Diana Forrester(Read author interview)
Red Flecks Louise Jackson(Read author interview)
Pictures—The Beach Outside of Nice Nance Knauer(Read author interview)
Love and Death in Legoland Kay Sexton(Read author interview)
Sunset in Santa Monica Didi Wood(Read author interview)
Fragile Eric Wrisley(Read author interview)

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